“Don’t tell me not to have a crap attack. I can have a crap attack anytime I want!”

We are very pleased to announce that Linda Belcher has won the special election in Kentucky’s 49th district to reclaim the seat she lost 50.4 to 49.6 in November 2016. We are also extremely pleased that the candidate’s name is the same as an awesome cartoon mom, but this contest — although far from California, and for a relatively low-level seat — was quite significant for a few reasons unrelated to that.

Regrettably, Johnson took his own life after those allegations surfaced, by shooting himself in Bullitt County.

Rebecca Johnson is Dan Johnson’s widow, but any lingering sympathy for her didn’t help as she espoused similar beliefs to her husband, and also weaseled out of debating Belcher in the run-up to last night’s election. (For what it’s worth, Belcher had also lost her husband, who preceded her in the legislature, in a tragic manner: Democrat Larry Belcher died in car accident in 2008.)

This being a stretch of Kentucky outside Louisville, Trump beat Clinton 72-23, which means that Belcher’s victory is an 86-point improvement (although let’s not go too nuts over what isn’t exactly an apples-to-apples comparison). It’s also the 37th time a Democrat has won a GOP-held seat this cycle, and it comes hot on the heels of Team Blue pickups in Florida and Wisconsin.

SF Weekly reached out to Belcher, who was reportedly not drunk — just having fun.